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Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:18:02 -0700 ANNOUNCING: New Training Module on Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies http://genderdev.posterous.com/announcing-new-training-module-on-gender-resp http://genderdev.posterous.com/announcing-new-training-module-on-gender-resp

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Subject: ANNOUNCING: New Training Module on Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies

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ANNOUNCING: New Training Module on Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies

 


Dear INEE members,

The INEE Pocket Guide to Gender can be a helpful tool in capacity development for gender responsive education.

 

INEE, the INEE Gender Task Team, and the Global Education Cluster are pleased to announce the addition of a new training module on Gender Responsive Education to the Education in Emergencies Training Package.

 

The Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies Module complements the rest of the training package by promoting the importance and necessity of mainstreaming gender into education in emergency programs and policy decisions.  It provides tools for supporting integration and achieving quality and accessible education for all. The module consists of presentations, handouts, interactive dialogue sections and exercises to guide participants through the various steps of integrating gender in their education work. The module can be tailored for the beginner learner on gender or it can be used with advanced practitioners. 

 

The CORE key learning points include:

  • Identifying what a gender-responsive approach to education entails
  • Using a gender framework that builds from the IASC ADAPT and ACT Collectively tool
  • Creating gender-based strategies to support the INEE Minimum Standards
  • Reflecting on best practices and developing action plans to support gender mainstreaming efforts

The module was developed for INEE and the Global Education Cluster by Jessica Lenz, in consultation with members of the INEE Gender Task Team, the Education Cluster Working Group, and INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards and Network Tools. 

 

Would you like to explore the whole Education in Emergencies Training Package? The package contains the following 15 modules with presentations, facilitators' guides and exercises, available on the INEE Toolkit

 

0.   Guidance and Time Tabling

1.   The Rationale for Education in Emergencies

2.   INEE Minimum Standards Framework

3.   Technical Components for Education in Emergencies

4.   Education in Emergencies Coordination

5.   Action Planning and Follow-Up

6.   Assessment

7.   Programme Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

8.   Links Between Education and Other Sectors

9.   Contingency Planning

10.  Early Recovery and Transition

11.  Advocacy and Policy

12.  Risk Reduction

13.  Teaching and Learning

14.  Human Rights and Accountability

15.  Gender Responsive Education

16.  Inclusive Education

 

OTHER TRAINING AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

 

E-learning Module on the INEE Minimum Standards: If you wish to learn more about the INEE Minimum Standards, the INEE e-learning module can help you. Employing a variety of resources and methods, the module uses the example of the Darfur refugee crisis to demonstrate how the INEE Minimum Standards can be used as a framework for designing quality education programmes in conflict-induced situations. 

 

Training Adaptations: The Education in Emergencies Training Package has already been used in many contexts, and the training materials have been adapted to suit the context and participants' needs for each training. The training adaptations are available on the INEE website. If you wish to share your training agenda and supporting materials, please contact minimumstandards@ineesite.org.

 

Tracking Trainings: We'd love to hear about any trainings and workshops on the INEE Minimum Standards or Education in Emergencies that you have facilitated or are planning. This information will help us compile the 2012 Annual Training and Capacity Development report. Please email the form and a short training/workshop description to minimumstandards@ineesite.org.

 

The INEE Gender Task Team works to support gender mainstreaming and attention to gender equality in and through education in emergencies, post-crisis and contexts of fragility. The Task Team collaboratively develops resources and tools, advocates for gender-aware programming, and facilitates training and capacity building to help practitioners respond to gender and education challenges faced during situations of crisis and recovery. To find out more go to the Gender Task Team webpage. To join email gendertt@ineesite.org.

 

For more information and questions on the Education in Emergencies Training Package and capacity development initiatives of INEE and the Education Cluster, please contact minimumstandards@ineesite.org and educationclusterunit@gmail.com.

 

Sincerely,

INEE Secretariat and the Education Cluster Unit

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Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:03:21 -0700 Women Leaders Combating Child Marriage: Perspectives from Liberia & Pakistan http://genderdev.posterous.com/women-leaders-combating-child-marriage-perspe http://genderdev.posterous.com/women-leaders-combating-child-marriage-perspe

From: Vital Voices Global Partnership [mailto:info@vitalvoices.org]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:30 AM
To: Kathy Evans
Subject: Women Leaders Combating Child Marriage: Perspectives from Liberia & Pakistan

Invest in Women. Improve the World. Vital Voices Global Partnership

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Vital Voices, Girl Up and Girls Not Brides USA

Cordially invite you to a panel discussion:

Women Leaders Combating Child Marriage:
Perspectives from Liberia & Pakistan

Featuring: 

Rosana Schaack and Samar Minallah Khan

Vital Voices, Girl Up and Girls Not Brides: US Partnership to End Child Marriage are delighted to welcome these two extraordinary women leaders for an interactive panel discussion about their efforts to combat child marriage in their respective countries.

Friday, June 8, 2012

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

(light breakfast served)

Location:

Vital Voices Global Partnership

1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

To RSVP by June 4:

Please email humanrights@vitalvoices.org

Watch live via Ustream

Rosana Schaack is the Founder and Executive Director of Touching Humanity In Need of Kindness (THINK) Inc., a non-governmental organization using innovative livelihood initiatives to help disenfranchised segments of society, especially children, adolescent girls and young women, empower themselves and achieve a better quality of life. She is also a consultant on gender and child protection for Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, for whom she previously served as Program Manager of Child Protection for six years.

Rosana has over 15 years of experience as a public health nurse and is passionately committed to human rights advocacy, with special expertise in prevention and response to gender-based violence and child protection. Ms. Schaack was a 2007 Humphrey Fellow and a 2008/2009 Recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals from the University of Minnesota. She was a 2010 AGALI Fellow and is a delegate of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women.

Samar Minallah Khan is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and an anthropologist with an MPhil in Anthropology and Development from the University of Cambridge, UK. Samar is one of the first Pakistani women who has used film to give voices to the women of Pakistan. In Pakistan, Ms. Minallah runs a non-government organization called ‘Ethnomedia,’ which works in the fields of advocacy and awareness-raising. At Ethnomedia, she uses documentaries and other forms of media as tools for social change.Through different mediums of communication, she highlights human rights violations and challenges culturally-sanctioned forms of violence.She has traveled to rural and tribal areas to give a voice to women who are kept away from the eyes and influence of the outside world. She believes in the power of film to generate dialogue and understanding on issues that are otherwise invisible and unheard. By doing so, she has managed to give a new meaning to advocacy and documentary filmmaking in Pakistan. Her documentaries are being used for advocacy and awareness-raising by both government and non-government organizations and media in Pakistan. 

She has received several national and international awards for her work in the field of media. These include the Roberto Rossellini Award (2009); the  UNICEF/ABU/CASBAA Girl Child Rights Award (2005); the Perdita Huston Human Rights Activist Award (2007), and the Civic Courage Award (2009), presented to her by the Center for Civic Education, Pakistan. Finally, she was honored as a Cheng Lin Tein Fellow by the Asia Foundation in 2010. 

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Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44:45 -0700 Yammer Gender Group is the New GenderDev http://genderdev.posterous.com/yammer-gender-group-is-the-new-genderdev http://genderdev.posterous.com/yammer-gender-group-is-the-new-genderdev

For those of you haven’t seen the messages from Richard, our Posterous accounts (like GenderDev) will be going away. All IREX employees will be encouraged to start using Yammer.

If you want to email updates to our Yammer Gender Group, send your message to gender+irex.org@yammer.com. The same formula works for the other Communities of Practice as well (e.g., conflict+irex.org@yammer.com, etc.)

Thanks,

Randal

P.S. I’m testing the new email for the Yammer Gender Group with this message.

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Tue, 29 May 2012 07:56:00 -0700 IREX Posterous Spaces Going Away!! http://genderdev.posterous.com/irex-posterous-spaces-going-away http://genderdev.posterous.com/irex-posterous-spaces-going-away

Dear Colleagues,

To focus our attention on Yammer, which has everything that Posterous has and more, the Posterous spaces will be going away very shortly (this week). Please check your Inbox for an introduction email from Yammer, if you did not already have a Yammer account under your irex.org email address.

Thanks and happy instant messaging on Yammer! Please email me with any questions at rfox@irex.org.

Thanks,

Richard

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Sat, 26 May 2012 08:09:16 -0700 US National Committee for UN Women Conference: June 2, 2012 http://genderdev.posterous.com/us-national-committee-for-un-women-conference-61568 http://genderdev.posterous.com/us-national-committee-for-un-women-conference-61568
FYI, I'm thinking going to this.

2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND MEMBER MEETING

Women Lead: 
Politics, Civil Society, and Peacebuilding Worldwide

Saturday, June 2, 2012
9 a.m. until  5 p.m.


Come to  town a day early to be a voice for UN Women on Capitol Hill!
 

George Washington University
Marvin Center
 800 21st Street NW,  Washington, DC  20052

Please join us for our 2012 Annual Conference as we gather national and international experts for a day-long conversation on women’s leadership.  The past 12 months have witnessed women stepping more forcefully into the public arena to assert and protect their rights, whether it was to protect pensions or demand democracy on the streets of Sri Lanka and Yemen, hold perpetrators of sexual violence accountable in the courts in the Balkans, or to include their voices in hearings on Capitol Hill.
 

This year's conference will focus on three areas: elected representation in the political arena, leading local organizations for change within civil society, and leadership in global post-conflict peacebuilding movements. Our distinguished speakers will highlight not only what work needs to be done for women to lead and participate, but also focus on areas where progress is being made.  Take a look at our conference agenda and exciting group ofdistinguished speakers!
 

Come to town a day early to be a voice for UN Women on Capitol Hill!


The US National Committee for UN Women cordially invites you to "Human Rights are Women's Rights - A Morning on the Hill," USNC-UN Women’s 1st Congressional Education Day, on Friday, June 1, 2012 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. The Congressional Education Day will include a breakfast reception and training on how to talk to Elected Officials and their staff, followed by visits to your elected official’s office.   Check back here in the next few weeks for more details.


 

REGISTER online now or download a mail-in registration form

Mail your registration payment to the USNC office at:  USNC-UN Women, 1120 20th Street NW, #720, Washington, DC  20036.   A complimentary box lunch will be provided to conference attendees and a networking reception will be held at the end of the conference.

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Thu, 24 May 2012 11:01:30 -0700 Women's Leadership in Post-Conflict Liberia: My Journey http://genderdev.posterous.com/womens-leadership-in-post-conflict-liberia-my http://genderdev.posterous.com/womens-leadership-in-post-conflict-liberia-my

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The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, The Angie Brooks International Centre for Womens Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security, and the African Women Development Fund present:

 

Women’s Leadership in Post-Conflict Liberia: My Journey

With Author Olubanke King-Akerele and

Special Keynote Address from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

(via video-conference)

 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

from 10:00am-12:00pm

6th Floor Flom Auditorium

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

 

Women’s Leadership in Post-Conflict Liberia: My Journey traces former Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs Olubanke King-Akerele’s professional journey from her service as a young technocrat in the late 1960s through her 24 years of international service, with special attention paid to her public service from 2006-2010. She shares both self-reflections and lessons learned, addressing both the challenges faced during post-conflict reconstruction of Liberia as well as providing outlined responses to those challenges.

 

This event will feature an introductory keynote address via video-conference by H.E. Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, followed with presentations by Author Olubanke King- Akerele and Emmett Dennis, President, University of Liberia. They will be joined by two full panels, one in Washington, DC and the other in Liberia, which will participate in the open dialogue discussion after the scheduled presentations. A book signing will take place following the event in the 6th floor atrium with light refreshments.

 

Please see full agenda and speakers list for details from our website by clicking HERE.

 

Please send all RSVPs to: alyson.lyons@wilsoncenter.org

 

Directions to the Wilson Center can be found here:  www.wilsoncenter.org/directions


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Tue, 22 May 2012 06:27:04 -0700 "Saving Face" - Screening & Conversation with Oscar-Winner Obaid-Chinoy - Event http://genderdev.posterous.com/saving-face-screening-conversation-with-oscar http://genderdev.posterous.com/saving-face-screening-conversation-with-oscar

United States Institute of Peace

 

"Saving Face" - a Special Screening and Conversation with Oscar-Winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

May 22, 2012, 1:30pm-3:00pm EDT

Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
2301 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037 | Directions

Please read: Important information for guests attending public events at USIP.

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In February 2012, Pakistan celebrated its first Oscar winner, the Karachi-born and raised Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, whose documentary "Saving Face" won the Academy Award for Documentary (Short Subject). The documentary follows two survivors of acid attacks, Zakia and Rukhsana, highlighting the challenges they face in recovery and in achieving justice. In March, Pakistan received a somber reminder of the depth of these challenges with the suicide of Fakhra Younas, a Pakistani woman grievously wounded in a May 2000 acid attack, for which her ex-husband was acquitted.

Join USIP for a special screening of "Saving Face," followed by a conversation with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on the documentary, and more broadly on the state of Pakistan's women, and how acid attack violence presents an opportunity for a greater role for women in addressing Pakistan's challenges.

Featuring:

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Emmy and Academy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker; and
Co-Director, "Saving Face"

Kathleen Kuehnast, moderator
Director, Center for Gender and Peacebuilding
U.S. Institute of Peace

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Please contact Stephanie Flamenbaum with any questions about this event.


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Mon, 21 May 2012 10:26:19 -0700 INVITATION WASHINGTON DC: "Let me not die before my time": A panel discussion on domestic violence in West Africa, May 21 http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-washington-dc-let-me-not-die-befor http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-washington-dc-let-me-not-die-befor

 

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THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
Invites you to attend:

LET ME NOT DIE BEFORE MY TIME:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WEST AFRICA
Please join us for a discussion about the International Rescue Committee’s critical report on the global issue of domestic violence, focusing on West Africa.

Monday, May 21, 2012
Panel Discussion at 4:30 pm            
Cocktail Reception at 6:00 pm

 
1777 F Street, NW, 1st Floor

Washington, DC 20006

Space limited.          Please RSVP to Virginia Zuco by May 17th at:
212 551 2726 or Virginia.Zuco@rescue.org

 

Panelists:

 

George Rupp
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee

 

Pamela Shifman
Director, Initiatives for Girls and Women, NoVo Foundation

 

Heidi Lehmann
Director, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, International Rescue Committee

 

Moderator:

 

Susan Dentzer

Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

 

Others to be confirmed.

 

Years after the end of war in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast, women continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency. The primary threat to women’s lives in post-conflict West Africa is not strangers or men with guns, it is their husbands.  In these countries, more than 60% of women seeking assistance from the IRC after suffering violence and abuse are victims of domestic violence.

We invite you to join us in a discussion of how domestic violence can be better prioritized on the humanitarian agenda.  Representatives of the IRC-led Commission on Domestic Violence will talk about their recent trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia where they met with women, survivors, traditional leaders and key government officials, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.  As the United States deepens its commitment to women through the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, now is an important moment to discuss how domestic violence can be recognized as the public health crisis it is.



THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
 (IRC) responds
to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. For over 75 years, we have offered lifesaving care and lifechanging assistance to refugees forced to flee from conflict or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.

 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

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Thu, 17 May 2012 13:52:14 -0700 INVITATION: "Let me not die before my time": A panel discussion on domestic violence in West Africa, May 21 http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-let-me-not-die-before-my-time-a-pa http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-let-me-not-die-before-my-time-a-pa

 

 

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THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
Invites you to attend:

LET ME NOT DIE BEFORE MY TIME:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WEST AFRICA
Please join us for a discussion about the International Rescue Committee’s critical report on the global issue of domestic violence, focusing on West Africa.

Monday, May 21, 2012
Panel Discussion at 4:30 pm            
Cocktail
Reception at 6:00 pm

 
1777 F Street, NW, 1st Floor

Washington, DC 20006

Space limited.          Please RSVP to Virginia Zuco by May 17th at:
212 551 2726 or 
Virginia.Zuco@rescue.org

 

Panelists:

 

George Rupp
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee

 

Pamela Shifman
Director, Initiatives for Girls and Women, NoVo Foundation

 

Heidi Lehmann
Director, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, International Rescue Committee

 

Moderator:

 

Susan Dentzer

Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

 

Others to be confirmed.

 

Years after the end of war in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast, women continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency. The primary threat to women’s lives in post-conflict West Africa is not strangers or men with guns, it is their husbands.  In these countries, more than 60% of women seeking assistance from the IRC after suffering violence and abuse are victims of domestic violence.

We invite you to join us in a discussion of how domestic violence can be better prioritized on the humanitarian agenda.  Representatives of the IRC-led Commission on Domestic Violence will talk about their recent trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia where they met with women, survivors, traditional leaders and key government officials, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.  As the United States deepens its commitment to women through the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, now is an important moment to discuss how domestic violence can be recognized as the public health crisis it is.



THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. For over 75 years, we have offered lifesaving care and lifechanging assistance to refugees forced to flee from conflict or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.

  From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

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 CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A CONSULTATION ON

USAID’S CONTRIBUTION TO AN INTERAGENCY, MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY TO ADDRESS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

WITH

Carla Koppell SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, USAID AND

Kay Freeman DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, USAID

Friday, May 18, 2012 3:00pm to 4:00pm

National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW

7th Floor Washington, DC

Metro Center Stop. Paid public parking available nearby.

R.S.V.P. required by May 17 to USAID_RSVP3@usaid.gov

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Wed, 16 May 2012 08:39:53 -0700 Invitation: Vital Voices Book Launch http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-vital-voices-book-launch http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-vital-voices-book-launch

Looks like a worthwhile and interesting event to attend.

From: Vital Voices Global Partnership [mailto:info@vitalvoices.org]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 5:50 PM
To: Kathy Evans
Subject: Invitation: Vital Voices Book Launch

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Fri, 11 May 2012 08:25:53 -0700 INVITE: Consultation on USAID Implementation of U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security http://genderdev.posterous.com/invite-consultation-on-usaid-implementation-o http://genderdev.posterous.com/invite-consultation-on-usaid-implementation-o

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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 10:56 AM
Cc: Ussery, Amber (DCHA/PPM)
Subject: INVITE: Consultation on USAID Implementation of U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security

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Wed, 09 May 2012 08:39:31 -0700 Gender in Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring and Evaluation http://genderdev.posterous.com/gender-in-peacebuilding-design-monitoring-and http://genderdev.posterous.com/gender-in-peacebuilding-design-monitoring-and

Gender in Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Gender sensitive programming is, generally, a mandatory requirement of most international development activities, including peacebuilding. For example, USAID’s office of Conflict Management and Mitigation requires all projects demonstrate a unique gender element. More than a donor-mandated exercise in project equity, the increasing emphasis on gender is forcing peacebuilders to critically reflect on how our projects interact with local actors and context on a micro-level, and is challenging our assumptions on what it means to ‘do good peace work’.

But what does it mean to build gender into the design, monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding projects?

Hot Resource! Gender Mainstreaming Strategies in Decent Work Promotion: Programming Tools: GEMS Toolkit by the International Labour Organization

Design

Gender can easily be incorporated into the initial assessments and analyses of project design, such as the context and conflict assessments. A common donor suggestion is to examine the distinct ways in which the conflict and environment affects men and women differently.

Hot Tip! The International Labour Organization defines gender analysis as a systematic approach to examining factors related to gender. It involves a deliberate effort to identify and understand the different roles, relationships, situations, resources, benefits, constraints, needs and interests of men and women in a given socio-cultural context.1

Hot Resource! Gender Analysis Tools by the Canadian International Development Agency

Practically speaking, this could mean do women participate to the same extent as men in local decision making processes? Are women appropriately represented in the ongoing peace process? In what ways, if any, has the conflict increased or decreased the security of men and women?

Hot Tip! The focus of the project or program will guide you towards the right gender analysis questions.

Or, at a more basic level, how has the relationship between the sexes changed as a result of the conflict? “Has the scope of action of women and of men—in the home, community, region, at the national level—diminished or increased?”2

There are a range of tools available for such an exercise. You might adapt a traditional analytical model to specifically examine gender and there are also tools developed specific to gender analysis.

Answering these questions will help you better understand how your project might affect men and women in different and distinct ways, and allows you to plan for greater gender equity in the project cycle.

Gender Indicators in Peacebuilding

Hot Resource! Guide to Gender Sensitive Indicators by the Canadian International Development Agency

Gender sensitive indicators track gender-related changes in society over time. “Their usefulness lies in their ability to point to changes in the status and roles of women and men over time, and therefore to measure whether gender equity is being achieved.”3 It is important, as in any other project, that your indicators be multi-dimensional and focused on the clearly developed objectives and goal.

Hot Tip! Indicators may not tell you everything, particularly if you have not developed a robust system of indicators that utilize both qualitative and quantitative measures and at the strategic levels of society in the project seeks to affect.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) was kind enough to develop a wholeguide to gender sensitive indicators, and many of these can be adapted to your peacebuilding projects if not immediately relevant.

Hot Resource! Check out Presentation 4 in this American Evaluation Association Conference 2010 presentation by CARE on indicators for women’s empowerment disaggregated by type of human agency.

But, of course, we cannot forget good principles of indicator design. First and foremost, indicators must pass tests of reliability, feasibility and utility in decision making. And second, the indicators must be measurable!

Hot Resource! Designing for Results: Integrating Monitoring & Evaluation in Conflict Transformation Activities, Chapter 4, by Cheyanne Church and Mark Rogers

Gender in Evaluation

The role of gender in evaluation is a more difficult category to address. Not every project will explicitly seek to address gender or women’s dynamics—simply disaggregating certain data sets by gender is gender sensitivity, but does not necessarily mean that the project sought to address the unique ways in which women experience conflict (or whatever the ‘problem’ at hand is) differently.

If your project is specifically seeking to address the unique ways in which women experience a situation differently from men, then obviously the evaluation will examine the extent to which you were successful against the stated goal and objectives.

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Tue, 08 May 2012 07:25:19 -0700 When Women Lead Africa - A Roundtable Discussion http://genderdev.posterous.com/when-women-lead-africa-a-roundtable-discussio http://genderdev.posterous.com/when-women-lead-africa-a-roundtable-discussio

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Cordially invites you to a roundtable discussion

Featuring: 

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Eva Muraya, and Kah Walla

We are delighted to welcome Hafsat Abiola, Eva Muraya and Kah Walla to Vital Voices for a panel discussion on the unique contributions of women’s leadership, changes in public perceptions of women leaders, and the opportunities and challenges for a new model of leadership in Africa.  

Monday, May 21, 2012

5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location:

Vital Voices Global Partnership

1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

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To RSVP:

Please email sarahewing@vitalvoices.org

by Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hafsat Abiola-Costella is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist and founder of Kuridat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), an organization established in 1997 to build the capacity of women-led organizations and to develop and implement initiatives dedicated to the advancement of women. KIND was created to honor Hafsat’s mother, Kudirat Abiola, a leading democracy activist killed by soldiers after her husband and elected Nigerian President, Cheif Mashood Abiola, was arrested and later assisinated during the period of military rule in Nigeria. The organization’s programs focus on providing political and human rights education training and mentoring for women political leaders and young women aspiring to enter public service. Since 2002, KIND has built a women’s political leadership network of over 5,000 in Nigeria. This incredible story is featured in Vital Voices’ documentary play, SEVEN. Hafsat’s civil rights activism stretches beyond her country’s borders. She helped found the State of the World Forums Emerging Leaders Program and Global Youth Connect, was appointed a Fetzer Fellow and is a member of the Vital Voices Africa Advisory Council. Currently, Hafsat is the Special Advisor, Millennium Development Goals to the Governor at Ogun State, Nigeria.

Eva Muraya is the Founder and CEO of Brand Strategy and Design (EA) Ltd. She holds over 20 years of marketing experience, having managed the regional brand development programs for companies such as FedEx, The Standard Group, Block Hotels, and Xerox. She is best known for her award winning regional branded merchandise business, Color Creations Ltd, which was the first advertising and branding business awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification in East and Central Africa. Currently the Chairperson, Eva Muraya co-founded the Kenya Association of Women Business Owners (KAWBO), a forum for leading businesswomen in Kenya to network, engage on issues affecting their businesses and acquire requisite skills for business growth. KAWBO is also the Kenya Hub for the Africa Businesswomen's Network (ABWN), a partnership between local African businesswomen's associations, Vital Voices and the ExxonMobil Foundation. Currently, Eva is the Chairperson of the Zawadi Africa Education Program, designed to provide scholarships to academically gifted African girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education in the United States. Eva’s business leadership has earned her a variety of awards and prestigious appointments, including the Eve Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, MSK Warrior award, Goldman Sachs Fortune Global Leaders Award 2008, and The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) World of Difference 100 Award. Eva has also participated in many Vital Voices programs including, the 2006 Vital Voices/U.S State Department/Fortune Global Mentoring Program, Leveling the Playing Field, and was a Vital Voices/Gates Leadership and Advocacy Fund grantee for her project to engage businesswomen in economic policy advocacy. Eva is also an active member of the La Pietra Coalition.

Kah Walla, entrepreneur, political leader, and activist is recognized internationally for her expertise in management, and for her commitment to Africa, its development, its women and its youth. In 2011, Kah Walla was a presidential candidate in Cameroon and is known as one of Cameroon’s foremost political leaders and an example of a new generation of leadership throughout Africa. As an entrepreneur, Kah launched her consulting firm, STRATEGIES!, which designs programs to empower professional women and to advocate for women's entrepreneurship and political participation. For over 25 years, Kah has been an activist focused on good governance, the rights of women and youth and the rule of law. She has worked with the civil society in Cameroon and throughout Africa, developing policies and projects at international, national and local levels. Kah is an integral member of Vital Voices Global Leadership Network and has been instrumental in several Vital Voices programs, including Leveling the Playing Field, the Africa Businesswomen’s Network, and the Sandaga Market Women’s Project, where 900 women advocated together to improve conditions, eliminate double taxation and to level the playing field for women in the marketplace.  Kah Walla is also the Co-Chair of the Labor Policy and Practice working group of the La Pietra Coalition and received the 2011 Vital Voices Global Leadership in Public Life Award.

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Wed, 02 May 2012 07:36:10 -0700 INEE Bi-weekly Bulletin, 1 May 2012 http://genderdev.posterous.com/inee-bi-weekly-bulletin-1-may-2012 http://genderdev.posterous.com/inee-bi-weekly-bulletin-1-may-2012

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

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Bi-Weekly Bulletin 

1 May 2012 

Dear INEE Members,

 

Please find below the first INEE bulletin for the month of May 2012. This bulletin contains information and resources of interest and relevance to those working in the field of education in emergencies, chronic crises, and early reconstruction.


We encourage you to share with us any helpful resources and information that you encounter for inclusion in future updates and on the INEE website. Please forward your suggestions with related attachments and web links to bwb@ineesite.org.

 

We hope that you will find this bulletin interesting and useful. 

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In This Bulletin

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20

CALL FOR REGISTRATION: 2012 Summer Leadership Institute: Equity, Inclusion & Excellence

CALL FOR APPLICATION: World Innovation Summit for Education Award 2012

PUBLICATION: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Adolescents

RESOURCE: Globalization and International Education

RESOURCE: UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse Newsletter March - April 2012

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

TRAINING: Professional Certficate in Educational Planning

INEE BLOG HIGHLIGHT: Global Action Week Promotes Early Childhood Education

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20

(Green Cross International and Green Cross Russia)

The Green Cross International (GCI) and the Green Cross Russia (GCR) are convening an International Conference on "Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20", which will be held in Moscow on 27-28 June 2012. One Seminar will be devoted to emergencies and environmental education. 

Specialists who are interested in contributing papers/reports for the above-mentioned Seminar on emergencies and/or interested in participating in the Conference can submit papers in English (they will be translated into Russian free-of-charge, and put on the Seminar's website: 

Oral translation into English will be available during the Conference.

 

For more information, please contact Vladimir Sakharov, sakharov@un.org and vsakharov@bluewin.ch

CALL FOR REGISTRATION: 2012 Summer Leadership Institute: Equity, Inclusion & Excellence Leading Inclusive Schools

(Summer Leadership Institute)

When: August 6-8, 2012 (9 & 10 for credit)

Where: Syracuse University, US

 

This interactive three-day school leadership institute will utilize the latest research, national presenters and key lessons from practice necessary to create equitable and excellent schools for all students. The institute places a particular focus on the inclusion of students with disabilities, special education, and issues of belonging and learning for all students.

 

Who: Practicing administrators and school leaders, including principals, special education directors, curriculum directors, superintendents, teacher leaders, and educational leadership students.

 

For more information, click here

CALL FOR APPLICATION: World Innovation Summit for Education Award 2012

(WISE Qatar)

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) was inaugurated by Qatar Foundation in 2009 under the patronage of its Chairperson, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. WISE is an international, multi-sectoral initiative which fosters innovation and best practices in education. The annual WISE Summit brings together more than 1,000 practitioners, thinkers and leaders who share our conviction that education is a passport to social inclusion and the best means of confronting the challenges of the future.

 

Applications for the WISE Awards 2012 will be accepted from April 1 to May 31. They will be evaluated under the general theme of Transforming Education. One of the Awards will be for a project that has best delivered innovative financing of primary education. This reflects the support of Her Highness Sheikha Moza for the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 2 on achieving universal primary education and it is designed to stimulate innovative projects targeted at achieving MDG 2.

 

The winning projects will benefit from the recognition of leading experts as well as considerable international publicity. They will be celebrated at a Gala Dinner during WISE 2012, to be held November 13 to 15, 2012 in Doha. Each project will also receive a prize of $20,000 (US).

 

For further information on the process and regulations, please visit the WISE website www.wise-qatar.org.

PUBLICATION: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Adolescents

(UNICEF)

The report, for example, identifies sub-Saharan Africa as the most challenging place for an adolescent to live. The adolescent population of the region is still growing, and it is projected to have the greatest number of adolescents in the world by 2050. But only half the children in sub-Saharan Africa complete primary school and youth employment is low.

 

The full report is available here.

RESOURCE: Globalization and International Education

(Robin Shields)

Globalization and International Education introduces key international issues in education and considers the changes in education stemming from the rapid social, economic and cultural transformations associated with globalization. Grounded in a strong conceptual, theoretical framework, this accessible text will guide the reader through this evolving area.

For more information and to purchase this resource, click here

RESOURCE: UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse Newsletter March - April 2012

(UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse)

To coincide with the new UNESCO and GNP+ publication "Positive Learning", this issue focuses on resources related to young people living with HIV and how the education sector can best support their needs. Also included are resources on gender, girls, and tertiary education, recent policy and strategy documents, and practical guides for implementing responses to HIV and AIDS.

 

To access this resource, click here

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies: E-Learning Companion Guide

(UNFPA)

UNFPA has launched a companion guide to its free e-learning course for professionals who are working to address Gender Based Violence in humanitarian contexts.  

 

The e-learning course uses problems that practitioners currently face and case scenarios from real-life humanitarian contexts to guide learning. Integrated throughout the modules are videos, learning activities and quizzes that both engage the learner, and support participants' varying learning styles. The new companion guide not only covers all of the content in the e-learning, but also provides new case studies, sample tools, best practices, and activities. 

 

For more information, click here

TRAINING: Professional Certificate in Educational Planning

(ICPS)

When: 11 - 14 June, 2012

Where: London, UK

 

The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies is proud to announce the Professional Certificate in Education Planning taking place from the 11th - 14th June in London.The certificate is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, the leading body that awards internationally recognised management and leadership qualifications. This course will provide participants with an insight into issues of securing and planning financing and delivery systems towards 'Education for All'. This programme challenges participants to examine aspects of the planning process, including financing and gender equality issues, and the possibilities emerging from educational improvement.

 

Participants will leave the week equipped to tackle the ongoing nature of planning and the process of self-examination, the confrontation of difficult choices and the establishment of priorities it encompasses.    

For more information, click here

INEE BLOG HIGHLIGHT

Global Action Week Promotes Early Childhood Education (UNICEF)    

Early childhood care and education - a cornerstone of every child's development - is one of the most neglected 'Education For All' goals, and is unlikely to be achieved by 2015. This year, during Global Action Week, from 22-28 April, advocates are calling on world leaders to ensure that early childhood care and education take place right from the start for every child. 

To see full blog, click here

EiE NEWS

29 March 2012 - Students from seven refugee camps in eastern Chad take national Sudanese secondary school-leaving exams  (RET)

During the morning of 19th March 2012, the Sudanese Consulate, the national Education Delegate from the Ouaddaï region, and the UNHCR Head of Sub-Office Farchana officially opened the formal secondary school-leaving examinations.

Full article in English and in French.

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:49:31 -0700 INVITATION: 5-14 "Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?" http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-5-14-is-the-arab-awakening-margina http://genderdev.posterous.com/invitation-5-14-is-the-arab-awakening-margina

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Subject: INVITATION: 5-14 "Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?"

The Middle East Program and the Council of Women World Leaders of the Woodrow Wilson Center

present

Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?


 Monday, May 14, 2012
6th Floor Flom Auditorium


8:30 – 9:00am
Coffee
   
9:00 – 9:30am
Welcoming Remarks: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Opening Remarks: Jane Harman, President, Director and CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center       

9:30 – 11:00am
PANEL 1

Fatima Sbaity-Kassem, Former Director, UN-ESCWA Centre for Women
“A Cup Half Full or Half Empty: Is a ‘Women’s Spring’ Inevitable in Transitions to Democracy?”

Lilia Labidi, Visiting Research Professor, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Former Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia; and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
“Tunisia: Policies and Programs for Women during a Democratic Transition”

Moushira Khattab, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa and to the Czech and Slovak Republics; and Former Minister of Family and Population, Egypt
“Lost in Translation: The Case of Egyptian Women”

Moderator: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

11:00 – 11:15am
Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45pm
PANEL 2

Rend Al-Rahim, Executive Director, Iraq Foundation; and Former Iraqi Ambassador to the United States
“Iraq: Frustrated Expectations”

Rola Dashti, Former member of Kuwaiti Parliament and Chairman, Kuwait Economic Society
“Arab Springs without Flowers”

Caryle Murphy, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
“Awakening Rains on Saudi Desert, Brings Green Shoots of Hope, Change”

Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director, Women in Public Service Project Institute 2012, Wellesley College; and Director of International Human Rights Policy, Wellesley Centers for Women 
“The Way Ahead: Some Lessons from Other Post-Conflict Communities”

Moderator: Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar

Read MEP’s latest publication on women in the Arab Spring: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring



 
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A photo ID is required for entry.

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Commentary: St. Petersburg's new anti-gay law is reminiscent of fascism.

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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:23:34 -0700 Tomorrow: Saudi Women in a Time of Change http://genderdev.posterous.com/tomorrow-saudi-women-in-a-time-of-change http://genderdev.posterous.com/tomorrow-saudi-women-in-a-time-of-change

From: Marisa Itte
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 3:06 PM
To: Randal Mason
Subject: FW: Reminder - Saudi Women in a Time of Change

Hi Randal,

I’m not sure if this was already seen or posted anywhere.  It’s coming up tomorrow if anyone is interested…

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The Middle East Institute Presents   

"Saudi Women in a Time of Change" 

A discussion and book signing with

 Nimah Nawwab

   Saudi Poet and Author  


moderated by

 

Thomas Lippman 
Middle East Institute 

  Thursday, April 26

12:00pm-1:00 pm

The Middle East Institute
1761 N Street, NW
  Washington, DC  
 

 

 

The Middle East Institute is pleased to host poet, writer and activist Nimah Nawwab for a conversation about Saudi women in an era of unprecedented change in the Middle East. Despite the many advances of the Arab Spring, the region continues to face mounting social, political, and economic challenges. In Nawwab's native Saudi Arabia, these challenges form the basis for her art and activism.  Through her poetry and writing,  Nawwab aims to build bridges of understanding between the Middle East and the Western world, and to provide insight into the realities of life for women in Saudi Arabia. Join us for an interactive discussion of the status of women in the region and the route to their political, economic, religious, and spiritual empowerment.  

Bio:   

Nimah Nawwab is a poet, writer, photographer, lecturer and activist in Saudi Arabia. Born to a scholarly Meccan family,  she has been dubbed a "voice for Arab women and youth." She often works with established and emerging filmmakers, musicians, calligraphers, and artists of various genres through mentorship projects.  As an activist, Ms. Nawwab has been involved with numerous women's issues, including the forced divorce petition and legal case, the Qatif gang rape, and the guardianship of women.  Ms. Nawwab has spoken at international events including the World Economic Forum, the Japan Expo, and the UN Pavilion, and has lectured at the Smithsonian, American University, Rice University, Ghalib Academy in India, and London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).  She is the author, most recently, of Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia.

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